![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So much the better if you have a local source for fresh tea. Stored and sealed containers essentially starve them giving active colonies a limited shelf life. The required bacteria are aerobic bacteria-they require oxygen to survive. You didn't mention above what your source is. Orchidsamore, my argument to that is that unless you're producing your own vermi-liquid, or are getting it from a local farm, anything bought off of the shelf may have bacteria just as inert. I also use Bracillus bacteria, a natural fungicide, and gibberelic acid a powerful root growing hormone both of which are made from seaweed. The improvement on seedlings is tremendous. ![]() Vanda flower several times a year for me.Īs for new de-flasked seedlings, they are coming from a sterile environment and unless you add the microbes it will be quite a while before the microbes reproduce in whatever medium you are using from the air. I can flower Phalaenopsis 6 months out of the flask, Cattleya in under 2 years. The cost is reasonable as 4 gallons of diluted solution sprays 5000 orchids in my greenhouse. I have used it extensively for two years and the results have been tremendous. Too often they are harvested before full decomposition and then you are using compost rather than castings.Ĭastings are excellent for vegetable gardens and I use them heavily in the garden but for the orchids I use only the vermi-liquid. Properly made castings should be dry and odorless. It is a better fertilizer than cow manure but still missing the microbes in the vermi-liquid. Without the microbes the chemical fertilizers are useless.Ĭastings are merely worm manure. The vermi-liquid has all the microbes that are necessary for a plant to absorb nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The castings seeped in water are just that colored water. For orchids you need to get the true 'worm tea' which is more properly called vermi-liquid. ![]()
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